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Message: <blockquote data-quote="johnsemlak" data-source="post: 463577" data-attributes="member: 7233">I originally started this thread to start discussion on whether 3e was different from other editions, not whether it was better or worse.  Of course, when we try to describe the differences, it's hard not to let our opinions about the editions surface.Still, I'd like to hear more from people who have thought about the original question.A lot of people have brought up the lack of THACO in 3e.  But isn't 3e's attack role system deceptively similar?  I don't ahve the rules in front of me, but as I recall, AC 0 in 1e is equal to AC 20 in 3e, and a fighter has to make the same roll to hit it in 3e as in 1e (assuming to-hit modifiers are the same).  And a fighter's progression on attack rolls is the same, +1 per level.Now, 3e's system for multiple attacks is truly different, I concede.</blockquote>